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My armchair take is that if I really wanted to drive out (as opposed to walking - I don't know if I'd be confident enough in my walking pace & distances to make
by progman32 5y ago
My armchair take is that if I really wanted to drive out (as opposed to walking - I don't know if I'd be confident enough in my walking pace & distances to make the call to abandon the vehicle) I'd try to rig the 2CV in car form. Fewer unknowns, I think. A broken drive axle (there are 2) could be wedged up to restore drive to the other wheel, and a wheel with a broken swingarm could be replaced by a makeshift skid made from a bumper.
A diagram of the 2CV drive system can be found here: http://www.lightauto.com/fwd8.html http://www.lightauto.com/fwd8.html
I wasn't there of course.
- dntrkv 5y agoAgreed. This story is bullshit. It would have been way easier to figure out a way to make the 2CV drivable.
- mkhpalm 5y agoIt would have been far easier to just walk the 20 miles (maybe half a day... being generous) back to the nearest civilized area. Especially since the area around there runs an average high of 82F during its hottest months. And we aren't even talking about the fact that you can just walk at night. If anything of this story is actually true it might make sense to put yourself in his shoes. You broke down trying to sneak around a military outpost. What are you going to tell people when they find your car or you go get help to recover it? You are only 20 miles out so just throwing a match on it draws a little too much attention to yourself and you have 12 days of water and supplies. The way I figure it, you have at least 11 days to destroy the evidence and any fun you can have in the process is a bonus.